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Accession Number:
AD0753814
Title:
The Evaluation of Research Supported by a Mission-Oriented Agency-Structured Approaches. Volume 1: On Measures of Research Effectiveness
Corporate Author:
INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIV
Report Date:
1971-12-01
Abstract:
The feasibility of developing structured approaches to prospective and retrospective evaluation of basic research supported by a mission-oriented agency, specifically the Advanced Research Projects Agency, is examined. It is argued that the existence of an applied technological mission for the agency, combined with the unreliability of assessing the potential applied impact of individual research projects, calls for an approach to research evaluation which 1 measures scientific disciplines and subdisciplines according to their relevance to the agencys mission and 2 measures individual research projects within these categories against a yardstick of scientific excellence. Potential structured research methods to accomplish these tasks are considered.
Supplementary Note:
See also report dated Dec 1971, AD753815.
Pages:
0054
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Contract Number:
DAHC15-67-C-0011
File Size:
3.27MB
